Breathing in labour

29/05/12 19:15

Annabel Hargrave is an active birth yoga teacher with over 14 years experience www.annabel-yogabirth.com I went to her classes before the birth of my 2 boys and felt her classes really helped me understand how breathing correctly in labour can really make a difference. Here she describes how breathing helps in labour and gives a step by step guide to the coloured ribbon breath visualisation.

BreathingBreathing, essential to life and birth, is the core of YogaBirth classes. Over the weeks spent in the class through the practice of simple breath awareness, visualisation and sounding, you will become familiar with the natural rhythm of your breath and increase your ability to focus inward. The repetitious nature of this work is a form of self-hypnosis. When practiced in simple postures this hypnobreathing will enable you to go into the “zone”- a meditative state which is perfect for labour. This practice is healing and calms the busy mind during pregnancy, clearing the way for you to listen to your own intuitive voice. Breath awareness is the background to YogaBirth, so that when the time comes and your body takes over during labour you will instinctively know how to use your breath to soothe, steady and guide yourself through the waves of contractions and breathe yourself to an easier birth.

For details of Annabel’s classes please refer to her website http://www.annabel-yogabirth.com/annabel.php or email her hargrave.family@blueyonder.co.uk, or phone 07817931571.

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